Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-08-25

and the clock looks down from the grand
BIC sleeple on the sundial below as In the
Table Their priest is a pleasant looking
young,man but the preacher we did not
sec. a few steps more brought us to the
dummy railroad over which the living
are gong and coming every half hour,
ana mder which the dead are being con.
yeyed on m-amhnlance occasionally, to
inc mouth OF the tunnel where q hearse
Is In readiness to bear them to the char.
mel house, q few rods away. The funeral
Is short. Very few know of q death ex-
ctept they see the flag at half.mast and
hear the three rounds of artillery which
are invariably fired. We stopped but a
lew minutes in the cemetery to view the
monument, which is q marble shaft less
Thar a hundred feet in height surmounted
with a sentinel soldier In full winter dress,
not less than fifteen feet high. President
Hayes and his party were here at the I'm
yelling and the president was snubbed
and Kissed at by the democratic twaddle
as net being a good wir e.worker when he
sat down in great confusion and looked
at the stubborn thing that wouldn't un.
veil without some one going up. On the
corners of the base stone are life. size
statues OF q soldier, a sailor, an artillery
man and q bugler. The graves are ar
ranged in regular squares, each one hay.
ing o white wooden slab. Each year tells
the tale of the tiers of its slumbering
heroes separately. An old time artillery
wagon bearing a heavy gun seems to be
guarding the gate of death. We passed
the gas,works in going to the hospital, but
did not care TO get nearer than we were
obliged to-. We were not permitted to
enter the worst wards of the hospital nor
did we larry long In those we were In,
for ont who has a grain of sympathy for
suffering humanity does not care to stop
with those unable to care for themselves,
unless 1t be to smooth their pillows or
render assistance of some kind. But this
is not required, for they are tendcrly
cared for
The blind ward was most interesting.
Nearly every one thus disabled was as
busy as q bee with bead work, lace, wood
carving, ETC., which they executed nicely
and offered for sale in q modest way for a
tritle.
A little further on is their "Amuse.
ment Hall" where all who are so dis.
posed may pass their time playing ten
pins, pool, cards, etc. We saw no gamb.
ling.
wy were not permitted to go in the
laundry and bakery and had no DISPOSE
ton to visit any of the barracks. We
saw the products of the bakery in the
dining hall and kitchen and were sur
prised to hear the guide say that 1t re-
quired 20 barrels of flour, 2200 pounds of
beef, II bushels of potatoes and 80 bar.
rels OF cabbage per day as well as TWEEN.
ty- five to thirty barrels of beer to keep
them going. suppose Uncle Sam does
not set up the beer, but he does allow
each non.pensioner a quantity of tobac-
CO. They 60 to their meals in q very
orderly manner and have well filed
tables to sit down 10. Two thousand and
eighty cat at q time-1, 040 on each floor.
It's a fine sight TO see so many soldiers
in full uniform at the table. Between
five and six thousand are now on the
rolls. They cultivate a large farm and
raise a world of garden truck. They
have a large water tank, $50 feet high,
holding several thousand gallons of wa.
ter, which they can use in case of fire.
They have pleasure boats on the lakes
at their disposal and a few cents will
pay regular and street car fare to Day
tontfor any n who gets lazy and must
haVe more than the usual amount of
lager. They do their own cooking, wash.
ing, mending, etc., and their work Is
EXECUTED In about as nice q manner as
the average housekeepcr would do it.
Inlmy next / will give your readers a
sketch OF the Insane Asylum near Day
ton. A. @. G..